Enoch

See also: enoch

English

From Late Latin Enoch, from Ancient Greek Ἑνώχ (Henṓkh), from Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ‎ (Ḥănôḵ).

Enoch

In the Bible, one of the few people recorded as being taken by God before death.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), Genesis 5:24:
  :
  And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Enoch was the son of Awan and Cain; and was Noah's great grandfather.
The title of three apocryphal books of the Bible.
(rare) A male given name of biblical origin.
- 1864 Alfred Tennyson: Enoch Arden:
  There Enoch spoke no word to any one,
  
  But homeward - home - what home? had he a home? -
  
  He walked.

biblical character

From Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ‎ (Ḥănôḵ).

Enoch (m)

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